October 17, 2012
— Ace Not Valley Dude awesome, but old school awesome.
If you want to be depressed, here's Paul Rahe's disipiriting take on the future -- economic and political -- of Michigan. And that future is probably already here.
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Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 17, 2012 05:26 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Elizabethe mostly lurks iPhone edition at October 17, 2012 05:26 PM (rBgOT)
does not portend well for Hussein ( neither does the ass-whipping he got last night )
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 17, 2012 05:29 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 17, 2012 05:29 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at October 17, 2012 05:29 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BHO at October 17, 2012 05:30 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 17, 2012 05:30 PM (5tKuy)
Posted by: HtP at October 17, 2012 05:32 PM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Fresh at October 17, 2012 05:32 PM (O7ksG)
Sorry to hear that. No, really; one of my hobbies is fishkeeping.
Goldfish, or something else?
Posted by: TH at October 17, 2012 05:32 PM (7oUgp)
Posted by: Sean Spencer at October 17, 2012 05:32 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Joe "Apollo 11.5" Biden at October 17, 2012 05:33 PM (AzwZn)
At least you know what's for supper.
Posted by: huerfano at October 17, 2012 05:33 PM (bAGA/)
does not portend well for Hussein ( neither does the ass-whipping he got last night )
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 17, 2012 09:29 PM (Dll6b)
That's no shit. They have a unique turn of phrase that literally shouts - "Our entire organization is lined up to suck SCOAMF dick!"
Posted by: HtP at October 17, 2012 05:34 PM (jx2j9)
I see you're familiar with my work.
Posted by: Major Tom at October 17, 2012 05:34 PM (qrpxS)
Posted by: USA at October 17, 2012 05:34 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: t-bird at October 17, 2012 05:34 PM (FcR7P)
Just finished reading that Rahe link. What's sad is his account of not seeing or hearing anything for Hoekstra. Or any push back against the corrupt unions and their attemtp to change the MI constitution. Hello - Reince P?
The R governor really dropped the ball. The evil dems are taking advantage. Lesson - never . stop. fighting.
Posted by: Fresh at October 17, 2012 05:35 PM (O7ksG)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 17, 2012 05:35 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at October 17, 2012 05:35 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: goldilocks at October 17, 2012 05:35 PM (OETVg)
Take a moment to consider the fallopian tubes.
Posted by: huerfano at October 17, 2012 05:35 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Mr. Dave in Before steevy at October 17, 2012 05:36 PM (S6qGD)
Posted by: Fresh at October 17, 2012 05:36 PM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Ramzi El-Kadud at October 17, 2012 05:36 PM (AzwZn)
Comcast, which has been shamelessly whoring for Obama on its webpage for weeks, didn't proclaim any sort of victory for their choom boyfriend
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Same with CenturyLink.
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 17, 2012 05:37 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Rich at October 17, 2012 05:38 PM (pnHKr)
Amigo, have you tried the ATF?
Posted by: Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla at October 17, 2012 05:38 PM (qrpxS)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 17, 2012 05:39 PM (zj3Rc)
Posted by: O.J. at October 17, 2012 05:39 PM (VQN6M)
i hate fact check issue #612
Romney claims he'll create 12 million jobs in 4 years. Washington Post fact checker points out that "But MoodyÂ’s Analytics, in an August forecast, predicts 12 million jobs will be created by 2016, no matter who is president. And Macroeconomic Advisors in April also predicted a gain of 12.3 million jobs."
As though this is just 'normal'. Over the last 30 years of 4-year periods(1983-2012)
6 times the economy created negative jobs, including the most recent 4 periods
14 times the economy created less than 6,000,000 jobs
only 9 times has it created 10,000,000 jobs
only twice has it created 12,000,000 jobs
But it's just about to happen. They have forseen it. No matter what.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 17, 2012 05:40 PM (kzejo)
Posted by: Up with people! at October 17, 2012 05:40 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 17, 2012 05:41 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 17, 2012 05:41 PM (zj3Rc)
Posted by: TLGM at October 17, 2012 05:41 PM (appbn)
Posted by: California at October 17, 2012 05:41 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: t-bird at October 17, 2012 05:42 PM (FcR7P)
If MI wants to join CA and IL and go down the shit tube. Let it. Its a shame that Snyder couldn't pull a Walker. But better to have an example of liberalism run amock at the state level than at the federal. There may still be hope, but it was depressing.
Posted by: SH at October 17, 2012 05:42 PM (As3Gk)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure at October 17, 2012 05:42 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: USA at October 17, 2012 05:43 PM (RIg+t)
Yep, they are desperate.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 17, 2012 05:43 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Mr. Dave on island time at October 17, 2012 05:44 PM (S6qGD)
They do it the old fashioned manual way...pervy doctors.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 17, 2012 05:46 PM (5tKuy)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 17, 2012 05:46 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Eric Holder at October 17, 2012 05:46 PM (AzwZn)
Ah, now I get it. It's tricky. Most retailers don't tell their customers how to take care of bettas, which survive for a long time in sub-optimal conditions (at least long enough to get sold, anyway) because they gulp air in addition to breathing through their gills. With a larger bowl and more frequent water changes, among other things, your next pal (if you decide to get one) might live quite a bit longer. Sorry, I'm a fish geek.
Posted by: TH at October 17, 2012 05:47 PM (7oUgp)
Posted by: marinemon at October 17, 2012 05:47 PM (OKtOV)
You get half measures and in the end the progs and libs find a way to get what they want.
We have always been moving leftward, it's gone from a slow slide to a hurtling cascade since Obama.
When Romney wins, he will be the last best hope to stop the leftward slide from taking us over the precipice.
Will he halt the slide or will he reverse it, hmmm
**Scratches chin thinking grave thoughts**
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 17, 2012 05:47 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 17, 2012 05:48 PM (79EF9)
Why? Because Michigan is 'too big to fail'. Mother Fed would not dare let those unions in MI, those union members, suffer such a ignominious fate.
Like California is likely predicting, Mother Fed will come to the rescue, bailing them out, and taking freedoms with it.
The collapse of democracy will follow...
Posted by: Mr Wolf, Esq at October 17, 2012 05:48 PM (UIAT6)
HHS: Actually, Planned Parenthood DoesnÂ’t Own Any Mammogram MachinesÂ…
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But we'll cop a feel for $149.99
for an extra $49.99 we'll use the more sensitive tongue-o-meter
Posted by: Planned parenthood at October 17, 2012 05:48 PM (kzejo)
Posted by: Stephen Hawking at October 17, 2012 05:49 PM (AzwZn)
I never noticed that it's spelled the same as rainier. Which Seattle is.
Heh. I never noticed that before, either. I'm sure I would have caught on eventually, but I've only lived up her for the last 30 years, so...
Posted by: TH at October 17, 2012 05:50 PM (7oUgp)
Posted by: Tuna at October 17, 2012 05:50 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: USA at October 17, 2012 05:51 PM (RIg+t)
From over at the Lid: Jeff's interview with Peter King http://tinyurl.com/chzgelj .
He closed with a money quote which concisely described what makes Obama's
relationship with Israel particularly disturbing:
Posted by: HtP at October 17, 2012 05:52 PM (jx2j9)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 17, 2012 05:53 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Filly at October 17, 2012 05:53 PM (247Qj)
Posted by: Joe Scarborough & Single Women Pissed Off At Life & Men at October 17, 2012 05:53 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 17, 2012 09:29 PM (1hNQS)
Use corn meal. What?
Posted by: Invictus at October 17, 2012 05:53 PM (OQpzc)
Rush had a great debate parody:
Romney: Uh, Mr. President--
Obama: Candy, could you tell him to shut up?
Candy: Shut up, Romney!
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 17, 2012 05:53 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 17, 2012 09:53 PM (79EF9)
I had a girlfriend that hit her c limit. Man, that was a horrible experience. I didn't get laid for a month.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 17, 2012 05:55 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Sexypig at October 17, 2012 05:56 PM (fbKRB)
Posted by: marinemon at October 17, 2012 05:56 PM (OKtOV)
Planned Parenthood does not, I repeat does not perform mammograms.
They simply refer women to check with their PCP or hand out literature for local clinics.
Its complete rubbish and any lib/prog that says that is fucking liar!
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 17, 2012 05:56 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 17, 2012 05:57 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: California red at October 17, 2012 05:57 PM (DXTKe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 17, 2012 05:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: This Is Why I Come Here at October 17, 2012 05:59 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: The Doctor Hat at October 17, 2012 05:59 PM (sZTYJ)
From the article:
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If my fears are realized, it will be due to the fecklessness of a single Republican ¨C who had a chance to set things right but failed to recognize that bad management is not the chief source of Michigan¡¯s problems and that he had to confront more fundamental problems and articulate an argument appealing to justice in defense of what he intended to do."
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This is BS. No one man is responsible for our condition. The fact is that Snyder is a symptom of the problem, not the cause. The assertion that he had majorities sufficient to get the big ticket items on our wish list accomplished is false. It would never have happened.
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The Dems can't succeed like they do here in Michigan without a complicit populace. The toxin of Leftist thought has so thoroughly contaminated the culture that this kind of result is inevitable. The mob, the mindless and unthinking "average" Americans, are nearly brainless, thanks to decades of subversion in the public school system. They are the proof of what should have been plain from the beginning - unlimited suffrange leads, in the end, to unlimited suffering. You'd think that Detroit would be warning enough to the rest - but most people just stick their heads in the sand and cling to foolish optimism or simply tune out.
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Unless the US is blessed with a well-designed break up, wherein the good states can save themselves - this is what awaits for the whole nation. Ruin.
Posted by: Reactionary at October 17, 2012 06:00 PM (jfeoD)
Posted by: Tuna at October 17, 2012 06:00 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: sinmi on the phone at October 17, 2012 06:01 PM (hO14o)
Posted by: PussyBoyWeeWeePrez at October 17, 2012 06:02 PM (vgMWF)
You could tell that the person had seen Romney walk the walk and believed in him. (It cannot be easy for a black woman in 2012 to get up and make a pro-Romney speech...Thanksgiving will be bittersweet for her.)
Posted by: Sexypig at October 17, 2012 09:56 PM (fbKRB)
I think you're talking about the first women in this new Romney ad....
http://tinyurl.com/d2jd8ka
Posted by: Tami at October 17, 2012 06:02 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 17, 2012 06:03 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: sinmi on the phone at October 17, 2012 10:01 PM (hO14o)
Are their any Hoekstra ads out there, do not think I have seen any, none from Stabmenow either...strange campaign for those 2
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 17, 2012 06:04 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: This Is Why I Come Here at October 17, 2012 06:04 PM (AzwZn)
From Ace's link:
"He was a successful businessman, and he has the wit to understand that the budget must be balanced. But he does not want to upset any of the powers that be. He sees governing solely as a matter of management."
Uh, could not precisely the same be said of Mitt Romney?
(ducks)
Posted by: torquewrench at October 17, 2012 06:04 PM (ymG7s)
Its basically denial. Chemo is tough and painful, the appeal of a quick cure from dessicated Mexican donkey dong powder and a handful of berries is much more appealing.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 17, 2012 06:04 PM (5tKuy)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 17, 2012 06:05 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: lummox at October 17, 2012 06:05 PM (ZPjYw)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 17, 2012 06:05 PM (2v+KF)
Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at October 17, 2012 06:05 PM (Sptt8)
I used to do star photography, that is one nice picture.
Posted by: Gmac at October 17, 2012 06:06 PM (IanLz)
Reporting from the belly of the beast, Ann Arbor MI, Michigan is in play for Mitt. Luckily Mitt has big coattails, and if he wins MI, he'll pull Hoekstra ahead of Stabenow (please please please).
Posted by: sinmi on the phone at October 17, 2012 10:01 PM (hO14o)
That would sure be nice... Makes sense, though, for Ann Arbor to wise up a little. They've got $$$ there. Libtards lover their little brown brothers, but they don't want them moving in next door. As the fear grows perhaps they'll move, reluctantly, Rightward.
Posted by: Reactionary at October 17, 2012 06:06 PM (jfeoD)
Posted by: This Is Why I Come Here at October 17, 2012 10:04 PM (AzwZn)
One thing the Obama administration did for me? I no longer give the smallest shit what blacks think.
Posted by: Invictus at October 17, 2012 06:06 PM (OQpzc)
That one is pretty good.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at October 17, 2012 06:07 PM (Gk3SS)
It's amazing how such a little thing can be so fascinating to watch. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at October 17, 2012 10:05 PM
That is why I had to stop using RainX on my windshield. I kept watching the raindrops move along the windshield....while I was driving!
Posted by: Tami at October 17, 2012 06:07 PM (X6akg)
In "The Silmarillion" there are two worlds: Valinor (vestibule to Heaven) and Middle-Earth (mythic precursor to our world). A rebel angel by name of "Melkor" is booted out of Valinor and earns the name "Morgoth", Darkenemy. Morgoth then settles on Middle-Earth. A gang of vengeful elves follow Lucifer - I mean, Melkor - over to our world and -
Well, to cut a very long and epic story short, matters go BADLY. This, says Tolkien, is because nothing can defeat evil unless it is by G-d's will. At least, not long term.
At the end of "The Silmarillion" it turns out that Melkor doesn't get to enjoy his victory for long.
Paul Rahe may be right. He is right in the short term. The way of unlife leads to death. But there will be those who do not follow the way of death; and these will live.
Melkor cannot win. Detroit, Michigan, all of America and the current Western consensus can all collapse; but these are artificial political constructs. Their collapse will not matter to those communities which hold together.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 17, 2012 06:08 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Tuna at October 17, 2012 06:08 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: toby928© denounces himself so you don't have to at October 17, 2012 06:09 PM (QupBk)
Perhaps MSNBC could improve their market share by broadcasting a fish tank 7x24?
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 17, 2012 06:10 PM (5tKuy)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 17, 2012 06:10 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 17, 2012 06:11 PM (CA2NO)
Anyways, if pixie lets it be so there's an Amazon link in my sig........if that doesn't work out maybe I'll try to get a tinyurl link up before the night is over.
Oh gosh....never mind....Amazon dot com has been banned???? WTF Amazon links are banned?? So now we're in fucking Iran?
OK, I'm out. Sorry to bother..............
Posted by: JMKN1 at October 17, 2012 06:13 PM (JMKN1)
Michigan will completely empty out, spreading the infection.
Posted by: toby928© denounces himself so you don't have to at October 17, 2012 10:09 PM (QupBk)
Alas - no. The scum will not leave. They'll hang around, breeding like rats. Thanks to not only the Libtards, but to the bleeding heart, do-gooder, so-called "conservatives" who agree with the Libtards it's my job to pay for unlimited bastardy with my tax dollars. I should thank the Left for their love of infanticide - they're the only ones doing anything to keep the problem in check.
Posted by: Reactionary at October 17, 2012 06:13 PM (jfeoD)
Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at October 17, 2012 06:15 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 17, 2012 06:15 PM (3R0Zs)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 17, 2012 06:15 PM (USBnw)
Posted by: Jimi at October 17, 2012 06:18 PM (6sLo8)
Posted by: Reactionary at October 17, 2012 10:00 PM (jfeoD)"
Problem is, even those that identify themselves as conservatives are really just liberals that think they can direct government to be more fiscally restraint. Within time liberalism/socialism will overtake the remaining states once again. Not saying it still isn't an option but all it will do is buy some time so maybe the next few generations to live in some modicum of freedom.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 17, 2012 06:18 PM (GZitp)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bobqpvl
Posted by: SkyBlueWaters at October 17, 2012 06:21 PM (dvLAs)
Posted by: sinmi on the phone at October 17, 2012 06:23 PM (hO14o)
Posted by: steevy at October 17, 2012 06:27 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: The Chap with the App at October 17, 2012 06:57 PM (fscec)
Sorry. There's an article in the Constitution that says you can't have a state with a population under twelve.
Posted by: TH at October 17, 2012 07:02 PM (7oUgp)
I think it's about time for the Upper Peninsula to become its own state. It worked for the Dakotas and the Carolinas, right?
Sorry. There's an article in the Constitution that says you can't have a state with a population under twelve.
Posted by: TH at October 17, 2012 07:04 PM (7oUgp)
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